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וְכֵן מִי שֶׁיָּצָא מִירוּשָׁלַיִם וְנִזְכַּר שֶׁיֶּשׁ בְּיָדוֹ בְּשַׂר קֹדֶשׁ, אִם עָבַר צוֹפִים, שׂוֹרְפוֹ בִמְקוֹמוֹ. וְאִם לָאו, חוֹזֵר וְשׂוֹרְפוֹ לִפְנֵי הַבִּירָה מֵעֲצֵי הַמַּעֲרָכָה. וְעַד כַּמָּה הֵן חוֹזְרִין, רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר, זֶה וָזֶה בְכַבֵּיצָה. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, זֶה וָזֶה בְכַזָּיִת. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, בְּשַׂר קֹדֶשׁ בְּכַזַּיִת, וְחָמֵץ בְּכַבֵּיצָה:

Similarly, if one had left Jerusalem, and he remembered that he had with him consecrated flesh, [which is rendered pasul (unfit) by his leaving, the wall of Jerusalem being the (sanctioned) partition for lower-order offerings], if he had passed Tzofim [the name of a place whence the Temple can be seen], he burns it in his place, [and he is not constrained to return]; if not, he returns and burns it before the Temple with wood from the (altar) wood-pile, [it being written (Leviticus 6:23): "…in the holy place. It shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire" — In the place of its eating is its burning.] And for what quantity [of remembered chametz or consecrated flesh] does he return? R. Meir says: For either, the size of an egg. [But if less — if chametz, he voids it in his heart; if consecrated flesh, he burns it in his place. R. Meir holds that "its returning (i.e., the necessity of returning because of it) is as its tumah" (uncleanliness). Just as the tumah of food is with the size of an egg, (food less than that size not becoming tamei), so its returning is not for less than that quantity.] R. Yehudah says: For either, the size of an olive. [He holds that "its returning is as its prohibition" — Just as its prohibition is with an olive-size (one being liable for the eating of an olive-size of chametz or consecrated flesh), so its returning is for an olive-size.] And the sages say: Consecrated flesh, for an olive-size; chametz, for the size of an egg. [Because of the gravity attaching to consecrated flesh, he returns even for an olive-size; but for chametz, which is chullin, he returns only for the size of an egg. The halachah is in accordance with the sages.]

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